DMNK

Beautiful tachi. Here are some pictures of my Shikkake for comparison. Also Tokubetsu Hozon, unfortunately no sayagaki.

Don't know if this fits in here : Musashi Koku Jyu Kaneko Sandai Taro Minamoto Sukehide special order katana in bizen sanmai construction.

Don't know much about this one, but very capturing.

My first impression : 廣平作 - Hirohira saku I personally don't know this smith and i might be wrong. Let's wait for the professionals. Best regards

My bad aswell. I thought this was about the katakana serial numbers 😅

On the top : アハ〇 - A Ha 0 or ア八〇 = A80 On the bottom : A九三〇 - A930 Anyone seeing what I am seeing? Best regards

@DoTanuki yokai

Anything unsigned post muromachi, naoshis, non-traditionally made blades. I don't know why. They just don't attract me.

As far is I know there is a book called kiyomaro taikan. Here is an article by Markus Sesko about him. : https://markussesko.com/2013/08/14/the-case-of-kiyomaro/ Best regards

The mei is correct as stated : Kozuke Daijo Fujiwara Sukesada Always pleasant to see fully themed koshirae Best regards

If he could only offer an apprenticeship as a living deshi like the one experienced, I'd be on my flight already! Unfortunately, coming to Japan as a lonely loner + having to pay for rent and food in an unpaid apprenticeship is impossible without any big funds. Five years without payment though are in my opinion, nothing for what you will get in return. Knowledge, independence, confidence in yourself and much more. It will be very hard yeah, but you've got to fully commit. I don't understand the upset folks. Today we all have to make the quick $$$ as early as possible, don't we?

In Germany/Europe -> http://www.schwert-couture.de/ They offer all kinds of koshirae restauration work, except for lacquering I think. Best regards

Musashi (Soul?) Asero Toredaano It's obviously a replica from here -> https://www.acerotoledano.com/ Best regards

Choshu ju Kiyoshige

Very nice finds imo. In need of a little love and restoration, but as a cherry on top of the estate I wouldn't complain! Do you know if he is he planning to keep or sell them? My suggestion for him would be to resubmit at least the kunitoshi and if shoshin, restore it and (if unwanted as stated) reclaim a chunk of the estates price. If he doesn't want to... well here's a german collector with open arms, who would definitely take a shot! I really like the crab themed tosogu as well.